Wandering Albatross (1 Viewer)

[Richard Klim]

Frank Rheindt has submitted a proposal (#388, Jan 2009) to AOU SACC recommending a 4-way split of Diomedea exulans:
http://www.aou.org/checklist/south.php3 [> Proposal Tracking]

This treatment is already followed by BirdLife International and Onley & Scofield 2007, but it's useful to have a new summary of the arguments for and against.

Richard

 

[Richard Klim]

Amsterdam Albatross

Rains, Weimerskirch & Burg 2011. Piecing together the global population puzzle of wandering albatrosses: genetic analysis of the Amsterdam albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis. J Avian Biol 42(1): 69-79.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05295.x/abstract

[SACC Proposal #388 is still pending:
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop388.html]
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Richard

 

[Richard Klim]

Rains et al 2011

Rains, Weimerskirch & Burg 2011. Piecing together the global population puzzle of wandering albatrosses: genetic analysis of the Amsterdam albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis. J Avian Biol 42(1): 69-79.

Just noticed that there's free access to the pdf.

 

[Richard Klim]

Frank Rheindt has submitted a proposal (#388, Jan 2009) to AOU SACC recommending a 4-way split of Diomedea exulans

SACC Proposal #388 failed to pass 21 Jan 2012: RECENT CHANGES.

 

[njlarsen]

So 6 in favor and 4 against ...

Niels

 

[RaMa]

I only count 3 against....?

Rainer

 

[mb1848]

I only count 3 against....?

Rainer

Cadena, Nores, Remsen & Stotz.
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCPropChart300-426.html .
Remsen asked for more "data on actual isolating mechanisms (voice and display?)" There is this COMPARISON OF VISUAL AND VOCAL SIGNALS
OF GREAT ALBATROSSES
B. LEQUETTE & P. JOUVENTIN (1991)
ABSTRACT The acoustic and visual signals of reproductive behaviour are
compared among species and subspecies of great albatrosses. The nuptial
display ofthe Amsterdam Albatross Diomedea amsterdamensis is described
for the first time. Differences among Royal D. epomophora, Wandering D.
exulans and Amsterdam Albatrosses were found to be numerous. The two
latter species were relatively similar in this respect yet presented consistent
differences, for instance in the "Whine call" and the "Sky-Position Call".
The biological significance ofthe differences observed, the species affinities
and the implications for systematics are discussed.

 

[RaMa]

All right, I missed that. Stotz's vote does not appear on the discussion page.

Rainer.